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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:15:31 +1100
From: psz@...hs.usyd.edu.au
To: gombasg@...aki.hu
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, dan@...htwave.net.ru, jim@...n.com,
	marco@....nl, mrex@....com, pavel@....cz
Subject: Re: /proc filesystem allows bypassing directory permissions on

> Irrelevant. The statement was ...

Sorry, you misunderstood, that was not the statement.

The statement was that with /proc you can "do" things you shouldn't.

We have seen what those things are. Sadly(?) so far none seem very
dangerous, or common, or conducive to mayhem: no urgency to fix.

Cheers, Paul

Paul Szabo   psz@...hs.usyd.edu.au   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia